Eyeglass-mounting.



G. A. BADER.

EYEGLASS MOUNTING.

APPLlcAnoN FILED Nov. 17. 1915.

l ,278,41 8 v Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

'GUSTAV A. Bananen RocHEsTn-rtjnnw roam' nYEeLAss-ivrounrme.

- l specication of Lettersratemf Patentedeptai',191,8.'

Original application filed' April 111,r 1915, Serial N o. 21,313. Divided and this application led Novemberv 17,

1915.v serainacaoso.

. specification.`

1 of attachment of thelenses to the bridge or This invention relates particularly'to the means for connectingy 1the lenses in a rimless eyeglass-mounting, particularly in a mountingrof the type employed las goggles, 1n which the lenses are largeand irregular in` shape. Y* l Itis customary, in eyeglass-mountings-of the rimless type, to secure each lens t0 the bridge or other connecting-member bymaking a single` perforation in the margin ofthe lens, and securing thelens in aclip by means ofra screw, orv other fastening, which passes through the perforation. Since `this screw does not, byy itself, prevent a pivotal movement of the lens, it vis usual also'y to provide the 4clip with-means engaging the edge of the lens to prevent .it from swinging about the screw. Thisr construction is unsatisfactory,l partly because `it is difficult to keep" the parts tight,1andpartly because the lens frequently breaks `where it is weakened at the point, of perforation.l

Thelobject of the -presentinvention is to producean arrangement in which the mode connecting-member yis. ,such as to secure greater rigidity against relative-movements, and also todiminish the liability of breakage of the lenses. To this end I propose to employ, `in -place of the single perforation usually provided at or about the horizontal axis of the-lense, Vtwo perforations spaced apart vertically-at a substantial distance. In place of the usual clip which embraces against or adjacent to the opposite surface of the lenses, and are fixed thereto by screws passing through the perforations, and the bridge or other connecting-member is fixed to the lenses by introducing its ends between the clamp-plates and the surfaces of the lenses.

While the construction above described is applicable more or less generally to eyeglassmountings of the rimless type, it is particularly useful in connection with goggles 1n tween thetwo lenses.

vin the rearof thelens.

which a spring, or resilient connecting-member, is employed in rplace`of the'usual bridge; and Yfafurther feature of the invention residesin the provision, in the inner surfaces ofthe clamp-plates, of recesses orsocketsv suitably formedto `receive the ends o f such a spring, and to retain tlienragainst swing.- ing ,movement about theV connecting-screws, so asL to provide the4 desirable rigidity of the connectionsin alldirections.

In the accompanying kdrawings :--V

igure l is a plan-view of a pair vof 'eyeglasses embodying they present; invention.;

Fig.;` 2 is a `rear elevation, on a larger' scale than Fig 1, showing particularly the means yfor connecting the lenses of the eyeglasses; and

Fig.` 3v is an enlarged detail-view, with partsin vertical section, showing the clamping-plates and the connecting-.springs with which they are associated.

, The invention is illustrated as embodied in a pair,l of eyeglassesin which two helical springs 11 and 12 are employed as the means for connecting the lenses,.these springs being intercoiled so that their .coiled portions have normally acornmon axis. The springs are provided, respectively, with'oppositelyprojecting ends '.13 and 14, one end of eachl spring beingffa stened to one lens 15V and the other tothe other lens, so that each of the springs constitutes a resilient connection be?.

The clamp plates 4 characteristic the ypresent invention are employed in pairs,

each pair comprising a plate l6'which-lies infront of the lens, andaplate,17 which. lies These plates are connected by screws 18, whichl pass through perforations in the=margins of the lenses. -EaChc-lamp-plate is provided, on the surface which is adj acent'the lens, with a recess having a lateral n outlet, as shown particu-larly in Fig. 3,- the recess being shapedv ,toreceive the looped extremity Vof one of the springs, so that these extremities encircle the yscrews 18` and are'closely clasped at allpoints by, the clamp-plates. The recesses are of such adepth as topermit the clamp-plates torest close `:to the surface of the lenses when the screws are tightened, but to subject the ends of the springs to a clamping pressure against the lenses. This arrangement is such that the ends of the springs, by their engagement with the recessed portions of the clampplates, are prevented from swinging verticallyabout the screws18, while movement i -in all other -directions is prevented by the engagement of the springs, on oppositesides, Y bythe clamp-plates and the lenses. Accord:

' guardsto vdifferent'positions` relatively to each `other and to the lenses.l From the looped portions, nose bearingrportions 19b extend upwardly `and forwardly and connectwith A.the edges of the plates l17l so that the flat faces of the stockA lie at angles to the flat faces of the plates, or, in other words, the portions 19b proceed downwardly from the Aplates '17 tand .lie infront of the guards 19 in 'positions to'restupon thenos'e ofthe wearer 4at the Sametime that the nose is engaged by the guards 19.

It will be apparent that the construction above describednisv particularly useful vin connection with goggles of the kind having aflexible connection between the lenses, and thatthense of two'vertically separated per;

-foirationsl through whichV the y clamp-screws are passed, not 'only provides securely against swinging movements ofthe lenses about the screws in the planes of the lenses,

but also distributesthe strain to which the lenses are subjected, so that the liability of breakage at the perforated portions is greatly reduced. This arrangement also', since it requires the presence of no attaching means at thefinner ends of the lenses, permits these vendstobe brought as close to# gether as may be desirable, and is thus especially applicable to goggles inewhich it Y is desirable to close, as far as possible, the

space Vbetween the eyes bridgeof the nose. The peculiar form and adjacent the of spring-connection,

` betweenthe lenses, which is hereinbefore de-f scribed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings'lis not claimed herein, as itr forms the subject-matter of an application for Let`Y ters Patent ofthe United States filed by me April 14, '1915, Seriall No. 21,313.

Itjvyill be apparent'that while the inveire tioni has been described yas employed incon nection with springs offa certain form, it is not limitedto such embodiment, but may be copien'f'tiin patent may be obtained for eachprovided with two openings ,spaced lenses having eachiside lying between a clampV platejand one of the; lenses. and pro vided with two openings, and two fasteners passingthrough each lens, a pairvofplates andthe connecting means.'

2. The combination, with a pairof4 lenses,

of a spring provided with, looped ends',

clampjp'lates fixed to the surfaces ofthe ,lensesl and'recessedadjacent said surfaces to i receive the looped ends of the spring, the re-v` cesses` having lateral outlets through which the springextends to prevent turning of the ends relatively to the clamp-plates, and

the lenses and through said looped ends of the spring.- Y l 73. Eyeglasses comprisinga pair of lenses, a connection between the lenses, means vfor Vattaching saidVY connection to the lenses, and

guards having e adjustable `arms proceeding downwardly vfrom said attaching means,'and having'portions arranged in aposition to bear on the nose of thewearer in front Vof the guards and also having loop portions by which the guards may be adjusted relatively tothe nose bearing portions of the arms.

l. In' combination with a pairl of lenses Vscrews passing through the clamp-plates and and a'connection between the lenses permite'Y ting relative movement -thereof',of a pair of guards and a-pair of supporting arms for the' y guar'dsleach `arm being connected to a lens to move'therewith andhaving a looped por# t-i'on, andf-a nose bearingportionpreceeding upwardly from the looped portion to rest on the nose of awearer inf advance 'of the`l guards.`Ar e 5. In eyeglasses, a'pair of'lenses, 'a pair of nose guardsY for supporting the lenses on the nose, and apair of supporting'arms for the vguards,each arm having a looped portion connecting with theguard ,fand a nose bearing portion proceeding upwardly from the loop portion torest on the nose of the wearer.

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